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Companies Submit Final Amphibious Vehicle Designs To Marine Corps

Friday, January 5th, 2018

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Final proposals for the next Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle (ACV) are in ahead of an operational assessment of two prototype designs, one of which should win contract approval in June.BAE Systems and Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] – the two contenders to build the ACV 1.1 wheeled ship-to-shore troop carrier – were issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) for the vehicles on Dec. 5. The RFP was sent directly to the companies and was not published on the government’s contracting website.…

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